Can destroyer



United States Patent 3,095,806 AN DESTROYER Mirkovich, 3101 W. Bottsford Ave,

Milwaukee 21, Wis. Filed May 25, 1961, Ser. No. 112,653 Ciaims. (Cl. 1ll0173) Zliivan James ing disposal, as well as their final disposal, has become a problem of serious importance, primarily because of the bulky nature of the cans. Also, in the case of metal cans there is little, if any, value for salvage by remelting.

My invention is a mechanism for destroying the can be deforming, or crushing, to reduce its bulk and thus permit the storage, or disposal, of a large quantity of cans in a comparatively small space. In the case of metal cans the reduced and compacted bulk will render salvage of the metal, by melting, economically possible. Thus discarded metal attains some value.

My mechanism is not intended for use with all cans Also, it is not intended restaurants, bakeries, hotels, etc. My invention is designed to be manufactured at a low cost and sell in the price range of household appliances.

I attain these results by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- FIGURE 1 is a plan view. FIGURE 2 is a side view, and FIGURE 3 is a section at line X-X, The cabinet in not a part of the the frame and cross tie brace 6, serves to carry the upper bearings and support the rollers against the forward and side thrusts. After the ram plate and cylinder unit has reached the end of its forward motion, the direction of the unit is returned to its approximate original starting point. The two spring actuated strippers 16, are intended to remove the can from the ram plate in case the can does not fall off by its own weight.

the subject matter which is regarded I claim: 1. Apparatus for posal, comprising,

ate crushing members.

2.-Apparatus for deforming hollow articles for disposal, comprising, a frame having a platform for receiving successive articles to be deformed, a rollers mounted on said frame in peripherally spaced relation and on parallel axes extending perpendicular to said article receiving platform,

between the roller peripheries.

3. Apparatus for deforming hollow articles for dis posal, comprising, a frame having a platform for receivthe roller peripheries.

4. Apparatus for deforming hollow articles for disposal, comprising, a frame having a platform for receivside thereof whereby the article to be crushed may be positioned between said force applying member and said rollers to a position beyond the common plane containing the roller axes, said force applying member being elongated in the direction of its movement, power means for moving said force applying member along said path to thereby collapse the article upon the sides of said force applying member as it passes between the roller peripheries, said power means also being operable to return said force applying member to its initial position, and spring actuated stripping means coacting With the collapsed article to remove the same from said force applying member upon the return movement thereof. N

5. Apparatus for deforming hollow articles for disposal, comprising, a frame having a platform for receiving successive articles to be deformed, a pair of crushing rollers mounted on said frame in peripherally spaced relation and on parallel axes extending perpendicular to said article receiving platform, a force applying plate supported in upright conditon on said frame with an elongated article contacting edge thereof lying in a plane parallel to and between the roller axes, means for reciprocating said plate along a rectilinear path extending from an initial position remote from said rollers on one side thereof whereby the article to be crushed may be positioned between the article contacting edge of said plate and said rollers to a position beyond the rollers to thereby collapse the article upon the sides of said plate as it passes between the roller peripheries, and a pair of spring actuated pivotally mounted strippers located beyond said rollers and coacting with opposite sides of the collapsed article to prevent return said plate, the pivot axes of said strippers being parallel to the axes of said rollers.

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1. APPARATUS FOR DEFORMING HOLLOW ARTICLES FOR DISPOSAL, COMPRISING, FRAME HAVING A PLATFORM FOR RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE ARTICELS TO BE DEFORMED, A PAIR OF ARCUATE CRUSHING MEMBERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME IN PERIPHERALLY SPACED RELATION AND ON PARALLEL AXES EXTENDING PERPENDICULAR TO SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING PLATFORM, A RECTILINEARLY MOVABLE FORCE APPLYING MEMBER SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME AND GUIDED FOR MOVEMENT FROM AN INITIAL POSITION REMOTE FROM SAID ROTATABLE CRUSHING MEMBERS ON ONE SIDE THEREOF WHEREBY THE ARTICLE TO BE CRUSHED MAY BE POSITIONED ON SAID PLATFORM BETWEEN SAID FORCE APPLYING MEMBER AND SAID ROTATABLE CRUSHING MEMBERS TO A POSITIION BEYOND THE COMMON PLANE CONTAINING THE AXES OF SAID ARCUATE CRUSHING MEMBERS, AND POWER MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FORCE APPLYING MEMBER ALONG SAID PATH TO THEREBY COLLAPSE THE ARTICLE UPON SAID FORCE APPLYING MEMBER AS IT PASSES BETWEEN THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID ARCUATE CRUSHING MEMBERS. 